ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -2When The Discovery of India was published, these names, Hindustan, Bharat (also Bharata), India, coexisted in the subcontinent. Of constant usage also was Hind, as in ‘Jai Hind’ (Victory to Hind), the battle-cry that Nehru, like several other political leaders, liked to proclaim at the end of his speeches.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Republic of India has two principal short names, each of which is historically significant, “India” and “Bharata". A third name, “Hindustān", is sometimes an alternative name for the region comprising most of the modern Indian states of the Indian Subcontinent when Indians speak among themselves.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus valley civilization started around 3300 BCE, since the Indian civilization started near the river Indus, our nation got its name “INDIA”. India was also home to an indigenous tribe called Bharata. This was how we derived the name Bharat for the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -“India is the English translation of Hindustan. After independence, Hind was termed as Bharat in Hindi. In Urdu, India was termed as Hindustan. Now since we talk mostly in English, I connect most with India.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Bharat. Aryavarta. Hindustan. Tenjiku. Jambudweep.